Legal Opinion
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation v. Garrity Oil Company, Inc., Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation v. Garrity Oil Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 1989No. 89-1258, 89-1296PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Invoking diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation (QSOR) sued a former distributor, defendant Garrity Oil Company (Garrity), in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Disenfranchised and disaffected, Garrity counter-sued. The district court ended the hostilities short of trial and the belligerents both appeal. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Certain basic facts brook no disagreement. For several years, Garrity was an authorized nonexclusive distributor for plaintiff. In 1984, its sales of QSOR’s products began…
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